Formula One

There are cockups like the Zune, massive cockups like Apple Maps and there is the magnanimous Mercedes miscalculation that cost Hamilton the 2015 Monaco race. From what I understand, after Verstappen crashed into Grosjean, race officials deployed the virtual safety car first, and after a few moments, they decided to deploy the actual safety car. Toto Wolff explained that they had miscalculated the position of the cars on the track…

The excitement for the day is over. Qualifying is complete. Highlights are that Alonso’s car died during Q2 (not a surprise really) and Bottas didn’t make it out of Q1. Up front, it’s the usual suspects. 1. Hamilton 2. Rosberg 3. Vettel And then everyone else. Hers the official unofficial grid. Most of it anyway. Advertisement

I miss that Rothmans livery. It looked good. I think the Rothmans livery on the Williams, followed by the classic Mclaren red and white livery are my favorite liveries of all time. My current favorite? I can’t say that I have one, but if I had to pick one, I’d have to go with the current Red Bull livery. Too bad they didn’t stick with the camo bull livery, that…

Back in 1996, Olivier Panis was on his past Eddie Irvine. Panis, made an inside cut and forced Irvine out wide. Irvine had to slam on his breaks to avoid hitting the wall. Ah, Monaco. http://duck7-motorsports.tumblr.com/post/119576551132 Advertisement